Networks
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Yawning Together
July 28, 2010
Why do we yawn, and why is yawning contagious even across species? Studies are beginning to explain, but the results aren’t yet conclusive.
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Lo and Behold: the Internet
October 29, 2009
On the 40th anniversary of the first internet connection, a look back on how a flash of insight and a 20-minute meeting got it all started.
communication, information, innovation, networks, technology
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Death and the Rumor Mill
August 21, 2009
With healthcare reform on the table, rumors about end of life care were greatly exaggerated. Plus a carnivorous plant is hyped and DNA evidence is faked.
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Not So Fast
August 11, 2009
The NIH aims to map the connectivity of the human brain in five years. But a definitive atlas of the brain will remain out of our grasp for a long time.
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Ants and Neurons
July 23, 2009
Insect colonies offer insight into the mysterious conversations of neurons, illuminating how billions of individual brain cells work in concert to make a single decision.
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The Enchanter of Objects
July 14, 2009
David Rose on how his new company will get people to take their medicine and what Frodo Baggins’s sword can teach us about ubiquitous computing.
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The Tricorder Arrives
May 01, 2009
Cell phones will soon be able to sense our environment and its pollutants. This new power may change the way we move through the world, but can it motivate us to change it?
data, information, innovation, networks, systems, technology
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This Is Your Brain on Facebook
April 21, 2009
Recent studies on the effects of the internet and other new media on brain plasticity raises an open research question: Is Google making us smarter?
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The Living Robot
March 26, 2009
Researchers have developed a robot capable of learning and interacting with the world using a biological brain.
complexity, engineering, networks, neuroscience, robotics, technology
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Knowledge, in Real Time
March 20, 2009
A new picture of science — and possibly future innovation — comes into focus with the mapping of scientists’ online research behavior.
bias, consensus, innovation, networks, research, visualization
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A New Picture of the Two Cultures
March 20, 2009
A recent visualization of scholarly research based on online user patterns offers a fresh perspective on C.P. Snow's landmark treatise on science and the arts.
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20 Years of the World Wide Web
March 17, 2009
In the two decades since a small group of researchers adopted a hyperlink system to share data between institutions, scientific research — and the world — have changed profoundly.
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Crowdsourcing the Genome
February 27, 2009
New ways of thinking about research emerge in the age of user-generated genetics.
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Scientific Truth in the Age of Wikipedia
February 09, 2009
Does the radical egalitarianism of the wiki undermine traditional notions of scientific authority and consensus?
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Group Think
December 22, 2008
A Tel Aviv University professor melds math and sociology of the Internet to predict the next big thing in music.
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Ideas
I Tried Almost Everything Else
John Rinn, snowboarder, skateboarder, and “genomic origamist,” on why we should dumpster-dive in our genomes and the inspiration of a middle-distance runner.
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Ideas
Going, Going, Gone
The second most common element in the universe is increasingly rare on Earth—except, for now, in America.
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Ideas
Earth-like Planets Aren’t Rare
Renowned planetary scientist James Kasting on the odds of finding another Earth-like planet and the power of science fiction.
